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An elderly woman was hit by a car and killed while trying to cross Jog Road at an entrance to the Kings Point community, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

Officials said the woman, whose name will not be released until her family is notified, was trying to cross from the east side of Jog Road to the west near the community's entrance and Monaco Boulevard shortly before 11 a.m. Friday.

A southbound driver struck the woman. Authorities said she suffered critical injuries and was taken by ambulance to nearby Delray Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

No charges were filed Friday, but the investigation is ongoing, the Sheriff's Office said.

West Delray

Public's help sought to find missing security guard

Authorities are looking for a security guard who didn't return home after working his shift at the Lakes of Delray development on Atlantic Avenue near Jog Road, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

Earnest Marvin Halford, 79, of Margate, was last seen at the end of his shift Friday about 11 a.m. He left work driving a green 2000 Ford Windstar minivan that may have Florida license 418 11WT.

Halford, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 185 pounds, suffers from the early stages of dementia and usually takes U.S. 441 to get back to Broward County. He was last seen wearing his black and brown Vanguard security uniform.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 561-688- 3400 or their local police department.

Lake Worth

Man dies after riding bicycle into car, police say

Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred about 1:30 p.m. Thursday when an unidentified man rode his bicycle into a car, police said Friday.

The man riding a bicycle was headed west on Fourth Avenue South and peddled into the intersection of J Street, police said. He rode in front of a vehicle driven by Zully Francisco, 49, of Boca Raton, police said. The vehicle was headed south, police said.

It struck the bicyclist, who flew from the bike and fell to the ground. The impact killed him, police said. Francisco stopped the car, police said. Speed does not appear to be a factor in the crash, and charges are not expected, police said.

Anyone with information on the crash should call police at 561-586-1611.

Peercy, 35, is thought to have witnessed a recent homicide, police said. She leads a transient lifestyle and is known to frequent West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Riviera Beach and Lake Park, police said. She may be staying in hotels or motels anywhere in Palm Beach County, police said.

Detectives would not say which homicide Peercy may have witnessed, in order to protect her and the investigation, they said.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact homicide investigators, 561-822-1700, or Crime Stoppers, 800-458-8477.

Delray Beach

7-Eleven, McDonald's robberies investigated

Police are investigating two robberies that occurred Thursday.

The first happened about 3 a.m. at a 7-Eleven convenience store at 718 George Bush Blvd. Two clerks told police that three masked men stormed in, ordered one of them to the ground and demanded that the other clerk open the register. One robber pistol-whipped a clerk and took the money before two customers scared the trio away.

About 10 p.m., one armed man robbed a McDonald's restaurant at 1400 S. Federal Highway, police said. The gunman ordered the cashier to hand over the money in the register and ran off with $470.

The McDonald's robber was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and a stocking cap covering his hair.